"Not so much us, more so the young girls who queued for a long time to be at the front.

Bieber was filmed having a pop at the crowd (Photo: FameFlynet)

"We recorded the fans screaming because we didn't think we'd heard anything quite as loud at a concert before... and what we ended up recording, to our surprise, was Bieber complaining because his fans were 'like two feet away', and they just 'needed to find another way to express themselves!'"

Clarifying his comments further, the Canadian pop star added: "I've been on tour for a while now, away from my friends and away from my family.

"That's tough sometimes.

"But I adore all you beautiful people who keep me company."

He branded the screaming "obnoxious" (Photo: FameFlynet)

One Bieber fan jumped to the hitmaker's defence on Twitter, writing: "I recorded what Justin said about the screaming thing, he wasn't being rude at all."

Other fans agreed, with @NothingLikeMJ adding: "I don't get why people are so mad. Nothing rude about this!"

@tkardoost, meanwhile, complained of a "rude" Birmingham crowd, and @swe_biebz agreed, writing: "I would flip out if people acted like this around me."